Paul Stanley – författare

Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975) chronicles, for the first time, the crucial formative years of the legendary rock band KISS, culminating with the groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album Alive! and the smash single "Rock and Roll All Nite," a song that nearly four decades later remains one of rock's most enduring anthems. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews, the book offers a captivating and intimate fly-on-the-wall account of their launch, charting the struggles and ultimate victories that led them to the threshold of superstardom.

Constructed as an oral history, the book includes original interviews with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, as well as with producers; engineers; management; record company personnel; roadies; club owners; booking agents; concert promoters; costume, stage, and art designers; rock photographers; publicists; and key music journalists.

Many of KISS's musical contemporaries from the time, most of whom shared concert bills with the band on their early tours, also lend their perspective via new interviews; these include Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, and Ted Nugent, as well as members of Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Rush, Slade, Blue Öyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Raspberries, The James Gang, The New York Dolls, Iggy & the Stooges, The Ramones, Suzi Quatro, Argent, and Uriah Heep, among others.

The result is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on the rise and of the music scene they changed forever.

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In Face the Music, Paul Stanley—the co-founder and famous “Starchild” frontman of KISS—reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story of one of rock’s most enduring icons and the group he helped create, define, and immortalize.

Stanley mixes compelling personal revelations and gripping, gritty war stories that will surprise even the most steadfast member of the KISS Army. He takes us back to his childhood in the 1950s and ’60s, a traumatic time made more painful thanks to a physical deformity. Born with a condition called microtia, he grew up partially deaf, with only one ear. But this instilled in him an inner drive to succeed in the most unlikely of pursuits: music.

With never-before-seen photos and images throughout, Stanley’s memoir is a fully realized and unflinching portrait of a rock star, a chronicle of the stories behind the famous anthems, the many brawls and betrayals, and all the drama and pyrotechnics on and off the stage. Raw and confessional, Stanley offers candid insights into his personal relationships, and the turbulent dynamics with his bandmates over the past four decades. And no one comes out unscathed—including Stanley himself.

“People say I was brave to write such a revealing book, but I wrote it because I needed to personally reflect on my own life. I know everyone will see themselves somewhere in this book, and where my story might take them is why I’m sharing it.” —Paul Stanley

In China, two young scientists, Ru and Mei Lien are tasked to finalise the production of a new and lethal biological weapon, soon realising the dangers to the world if it ever falls into the wrong hands.

Meanwhile, Sean Docherty, ex-army now working for Ml6, has been assigned to investigate the rumoured production of a deadly weapon in the Far East. With his old friend James Horton, they soon discover that the threat comes as well from closer to home. The CIA soon becomes involved as the web widens to the USA.

The trail quickly takes Sean to Hong Kong, where he collaborates with his Ml6 colleagues. He and the team race against time to uncover and decipher whether it truly is the lethal weapon first suspected.

As things come to a climax, the ambitious director of the Chinese laboratory is found dead, and a dark plot is hatched to throw the world into a downward spiral. With time running out, Sean must battle to save the scientists from also being killed.

A gripping story of evil, love, and friendship.

Din guide till rockstjärnelivetDen legendariska frontfiguren och gitarristen i Kiss ger nu sina fans ett ”all-access back- stagepass” till sitt liv.Paul Stanley delar med sig av råd och livsregler som bara en riktig musiklegendar kan. Disciplin och hårt jobb har gjort honom till en av de mest framgångsrika – och hälsosamma – i rockvärlden. Här är hans personliga guide till hur du kan ”rock’n’roll all night and party every day” – utan att missa allt annat och förlora dig själv.Du får en unik inblick i Pauls liv och den sanna historien om relationer, svåra perioder och vilda nätter. Boken innehåller också privata fyrfärgsbilder som aldrig visats tidigare. Helt enkelt ett måste för alla sanna fans!Förord av Jonna Bergh.***Paul Stanley är frontman och gitarrist i Kiss – bandet som han var med och grundade i New York 1973. Han har skrivit många av bandets succéhits, och är också solomusiker, restaurangägare och konstnär. Hans verk säljs för miljontals dollar. Kiss har sålt mer än 100 miljoner skivor världen över och fortsätter att spela för slutsålda arenor. Paul Stanley bor i Los Angeles med sin fru Erin och sina fyra barn.